All news by author: Lucy Williamson

Michael Downes has been prohibited from teaching indefinitely after he played a guitar and had pupils sing along during a lesson while allegedly under the influence of alcohol

Though two decades had passed since my original Disneyland vacation, this Florida journey showed that Disney's magical spirit endures, captivating grown-up kids like me

Two tourists in Montana learned a painful lesson about respecting wildlife when a moose they were taunting aggressively charged at them

Baby boomers and the 'silent generation' blame self-checkouts for increasing loneliness and reducing social interaction

A woman in a vegetative state for over two decades at an Arizona care facility was raped and impregnated by a male nurse, with the disturbing discovery captured on newly released bodycam video

Rescue teams have embarked on a complex, multi-day operation to bring an American cave researcher who fell ill with vomiting and stomach bleeding 1,000 meters deep in a Turkish cave

She lived off a strict $50 monthly budget for nonessentials for a year - she said her success came down to spending money on small joys and practicing gratitude

Summer may be over but the risk of skin cancer is still very much there and one expert has put together a list of all the key symptoms everyone needs to be aware of

Tatyana Remley, from California, was arrested for allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill her millionaire estranged husband after a court slashed her monthly allowance

Ilona Kaydanov, 22-year-old talented ballroom dancer, was tragically killed while jogging with her brothers after being struck by a vehicle on a New York state road

Paul Alexander has spent over 70 defiant years in an iron lung after contracting polio in 1952, achieving remarkable feats despite complete paralysis and confinement

A raucous brawl erupted outside the portaloos at a Morgan Wallen concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, quickly deteriorating into a wild fight that was caught on camera

Breanna Gayle Runions, from Tennessee, was charged with murder for fatally shooting a 4-year-old girl while she was demonstrating gun safety

A 100-year-old oak tree toppled over onto Ron DeSantis’ mansion in Tallahassee as Hurricane Idalia began its path of destruction across Florida - after the hurricane made landfall in the state as a Category 3 storm

Trapped in sweltering heat, paralysed Missouri woman Megan Oxley died in her car after it ran out of gas but her young nieces managed to escape the same fate

A gunman shot and killed a staff member at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus, forcing students to jump from windows to escape

Storm Idalia became a hurricane on Tuesday as it intensified on a path toward Florida’s Gulf coast - it's projected to have sustained winds of up to 120mph which would make it a Category 3 hurricane

The body of popular Instagram roller skater Beauty Couch was discovered near her burned out car - and now her boyfriend has been arrested and charged with her murder in Atlanta, Georgia

Three black victims, Angela Michelle Carr, 52; 19-year-old store employee AJ Laguerre, 19, and customer Jerrald Gallion, 29,19-year-old, were shot by racist gunman Ryan Palmeter at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida

Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia along with 18 associates for election interference, and his former lawyer Michael Cohen predicted that his co-defendants may flip on Trump

Meteorologists are closely tracking a tropical system showing signs of potential development into a hurricane that predictions indicate could make landfall along Florida's west coast next week

A Detroit woman and two teenagers were arrested for allegedly befriending a new mother and kidnapping her 14-day-old twins, who were later safely returned

A celebrity stylist and former Kanye West publicist is among 19 individuals indicted with former President Donald Trump for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Constipation, difficulty swallowing, and other gastrointestinal issues may be early warning signs for the disease, according to a new study, supporting the theory it originates in the gastrointestinal tract

A mother was arrested for child endangerment after allowing an elderly acquaintance to take her five-year-old daughter to a park where he allegedly kidnapped and sexually abused her in New York